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Iran's state broadcaster reported that some 300,000 people gathered in a government-organized demonstration in Tehran, pledging to take up arms for the Islamic Republic, trampling US and Israeli flags, and chanting 'Death to America' and 'Death to Israel.' Coverage described it as the biggest show of public defiance against the US since the war began, with volunteers marching through downtown Tehran in a campaign highlighting 'self-sacrifice' for the country.